Vehicle information device and a method of providing information pertaining to a vehicle

ABSTRACT

A vehicle information device to be installed into a vehicle, comprises a data acquisition interface, configured to receive data corresponding to the vehicle, the data being received for a plurality of attributes, a control unit configured to receive the data from the data acquisition interface and determine one or more of a previous, a current and a future state of the vehicle from the data and a projector unit configured to display one or more of the previous, the current and the future state of the vehicle, in form of a hologram projected through exterior of the vehicle.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to vehicular and driver safetyand information devices and in particular to a vehicle informationdevice and a method of providing information pertaining to a vehicle,that allows drivers of other vehicles on road about state of the vehiclehaving the vehicle information device installed.

BACKGROUND ART

Vehicular and road safety issues have become matters of intense scrutinyin recent times. As automotive technology is developing along withtransportation infrastructure, vehicles are able to achieve greater andgreater speeds. This has led to ever increasing number of road accidentsrelated casualties. According to Association for Safe International RoadTravel, 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year; an average of3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled.More than half of all road traffic death occurs among young adults ages15-44. Road crashes rank as the ninth leading cause of death and accountfor 2.2% of all deaths globally. Road crashes are the leading cause ofdeath among young people ages 15-29, and the second leading cause ofdeath worldwide among young people ages 5-14. Each year nearly 400,000people under 25 die on the roads in the world, on average over 1,000 aday. Over 90% of all road fatalities occur in low and middle-incomecountries, which have less than half of the vehicles in the world. Roadcrashes cost $518 billion globally, costing individual countries 1-2% oftheir annual GDP. Road crashes cost low and middle-income countries $65billion annually, exceeding the total amount received in developmentalassistance. Unless action is taken, road traffic injuries are predictedto become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.

One way of reducing casualties in vehicular or road accidents is throughimplementation of safety systems. Some of the known safety systemsinclude Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS), Airbags, Electronic BrakeDistribution (EBD) and crumple zones etc. Most of these systems comeinto play during or just after an event or a near-event of collision. Tominimize any circumstances of collision or a near-miss, other drivers onthe road should be aware of a present or an immediate future state ofthe vehicle. Conventionally, such an objective is achieved throughtail-lamps, blinkers and brake lights etc. However, the tail lamps andblinkers etc. are only indicative means and are not capable of giving anentire picture of the state of the vehicle. Further, such lamps andlights are not always discernible in bright daylight conditions, or if alarge distance is involved between two vehicles, or even if one of thevehicles is going at a very high speed.

In light of the discussion above, there is need for a vehicleinformation device and a method of providing information pertaining to avehicle that does not suffer from above mentioned deficiencies.

Any discussion of the background art throughout the specification shouldin no way be considered as an admission that such background art isprior art nor that such background art is widely known or forms part ofthe common general knowledge in the field.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provideda vehicle information device to be installed into a vehicle, the vehicleinformation device comprising a data acquisition interface, configuredto receive data corresponding to the vehicle, the data being receivedfor a plurality of attributes, a control unit configured to receive thedata from the data acquisition interface and determine one or more of aprevious, a current and a future state of the vehicle from the data anda projector unit configured to display one or more of the previous, thecurrent and the future state of the vehicle, in form of a hologramprojected through exterior of the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the plurality of attributes includesa location, a speed, a direction and a destination of the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the data acquisition interface isconfigured to receive the location and the destination of the vehiclefrom a GPS device installed with the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the data acquisition interface isconfigured to receive the data from one or more sensing devicesinstalled with the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the data corresponds todeterminations performed over a predetermined period of time.

In one embodiment of the invention, the data corresponds todeterminations performed in real-time.

In one embodiment of the invention, the hologram is a 7-Dimensionalhologram.

In one embodiment of the invention, the vehicle information devicefurther comprises a microphone configured to receive a voice input, thecontrol unit being configured to convert the voice input into a textoutput and deliver the text output to a mobile handheld device through acommunication network.

In one embodiment of the invention, the vehicle information devicefurther comprises a microphone configured to receive a custom message,the projector unit being configured to include the custom message in thehologram.

In one embodiment of the invention, the projector unit is furtherconfigured to include one or more advertisements and/or one or moreornamental patterns in the hologram.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provideda method of providing information pertaining to a vehicle, the methodcomprising steps of receiving data corresponding to the vehicle, thedata being received for a plurality of attributes, determining one ormore of a previous, a current and a future state of the vehicle from thedata and displaying one or more of the previous, the current and thefuture state of the vehicle, in form of a hologram projected throughexterior of the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the plurality of attributes includesa location, a speed, a direction and a destination of the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the location and the destination ofthe vehicle is received from a GPS device installed with the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the data is received from one ormore sensing devices installed with the vehicle.

In one embodiment of the invention, the data corresponds todeterminations performed over a predetermined period of time.

In one embodiment of the invention, the data corresponds todeterminations performed in real-time.

In one embodiment of the invention, the hologram is a 7-Dimensionalhologram.

In one embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises stepsof receiving a voice input, converting the voice input into a textoutput and delivering the text output to a mobile handheld devicethrough a communication network.

In one embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises stepsof receiving a custom message and including the custom message in thehologram.

In one embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises a stepof including one or more advertisements and/or one or more ornamentalpatterns in the hologram.

As used in this document, the term “vehicle” refers to any man-made formof transportation including: cars, buses, motorbikes, bicycles,tractors, all-terrain vehicles, golf carts, wagons, boats, trains toname but a few.

As used in this document, the term “real time” refers to determinationsof the data without intentional delay, given the processing limitationsof the hardware involved and the time required to measure the data witha predetermined accuracy.

As used in this document, the term “hologram” refers to an imagereproduced from a pattern of interference produced by a split coherentbeam of radiation (such as a laser). The pattern of interference in thatmanner may be generated synthetically through digital technology.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

At least one example of the invention will be described with referenceto the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1A illustrates a side view of a vehicle with a vehicle informationdevice installed, in accordance with an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 1B illustrates a rear view of the vehicle of FIG. 1A, in accordancewith an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1C illustrates a rear view of the vehicle of FIG. 1A, in accordancewith another embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 2 illustrates a method of providing information pertaining to avehicle, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that the same numeral represents the same or similarelements throughout the drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

Throughout this specification, unless the context requires otherwise,the words “comprise”, “comprises” and “comprising” will be understood toimply the inclusion of a stated step or element or group of steps orelements but not the exclusion of any other step or element or group ofsteps or elements.

Any one of the terms: “including” or “which includes” or “that includes”as used herein is also an open term that also means including at leastthe elements/features that follow the term, but not excluding others.

It is contemplated here that a device be installed in a vehicle thatcollects data pertaining to the vehicle and uses internal logic todetermine previous, present and future state of the vehicle. The futurestate in certain cases may be definitive, however, in other cases thesame may be indicative. Further, the device should be able to displaythe determined states to other drivers of other vehicles on the road, sothat the other drivers can act accordingly, if they need to, in order tomaintain safe distance from the vehicle under study and avoid anymishaps. The display of determined states may be such that, the otherdrivers are able to obtain enough information, that is also easilydiscernible, without being distracted from a very obvious act of“looking at the road while driving”, for too long. Therefore, it isenvisaged that the display should be in form of a hologram, andpreferably, although not binding, in form of a 7-D hologram.

It is in this regards that the present invention has been elucidatedwith respect to some exemplary illustrations. However, a skilled artisanwill appreciate that the invention is not limited to the illustrationsand the description below.

FIG. 1A illustrates a side view 100 of a vehicle 102 with a vehicleinformation device 104 installed, in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present invention. The vehicle information device 104 is envisagedto include multiple units that may be installed in a single encasing orthe multiple units may be installed at various locations inside thevehicle 102, without undermining packaging concerns. In that manner,respective locations of the multiple units may vary according to type,make, model and variant etc. of the vehicle 102. In any case, thevehicle information device 104 is envisaged to include a dataacquisition interface 1042, a control unit 1044 and a projector unit1046. In several embodiments, the vehicle information device 104 mayalso include a microphone 1048, purposes of which will be discussed inlater discussion. Additional battery packs rechargeable through solarpanels may also be included in the vehicle information device 104 toachieve power economy. Moreover, one or more units of the vehicleinformation device 104 may be provided with weather and ambientresistant outer casings to ensure their longevity.

The data acquisition interface 1042 is configured to receive datacorresponding to the vehicle 102, the data being received for aplurality of attributes. In several embodiments, the plurality ofattributes may include, but are not limited to, a location, a speed, adirection and a destination of the vehicle 102. For example, the dataacquisition interface 1042 may be configured to receive the location andthe destination of the vehicle from a GPS device 106 installed with thevehicle 102. The GPS device 106 in that matter may be in communicationwith a plurality of GPS satellites 108. The destination in this case maybe a destination entered by a driver (or some other passenger travellingin the vehicle 102) before start of a trip. The destination in severalother embodiments may be a predictive destination determined basedseveral previous trips taken by the vehicle 102 in the past.

The data acquisition device 1042 may also be configured to receive thedata from one or more sensing devices 103 installed with the vehicle102. Exemplary sensing devices 103 may include a velocity/speed sensor1032 for determining the speed of the vehicle 102 and a gyroscope 1034for determining the direction of motion of the vehicle 102. There may beseveral other sensing devices not depicted in FIG. 1A, that may comepreinstalled with the vehicle 102 or may be custom installed dependingupon specific applications. Further, location of such sensing device 103may vary according to design of the vehicle 102. For example, speedsensors 1032 may be located at the axle or at an alternator attached toa crankcase. The data so received through the data acquisition interface1042 is transmitted to the control unit 1044.

The control unit 1044 in envisaged to include a processor and a memoryunit for storing instructions that the processor may execute. Theprocessor may be a general-purpose processor, a microcontroller, a FieldProgrammable Gate Array (FPGA) or an Application Specific IntegratedCircuit (ASIC) etc. The memory unit may be a non-volatile memory unitsuch as EPROM, EEPROM and flash memory etc. There may other supportingcircuitry in the control unit 1044, such as amplifiers, rectifiers,Op-Amps, resistors, inductors, diodes and capacitors etc. The controlunit 1044 is configured to receive the data from the data acquisitioninterface 1042 and determine one or more of a previous, a current and afuture state of the vehicle 102 from the data. A state in that mannermay be an array (or a collection) of values one or more attributes ofthe plurality of attributes. In other words, in some cases the state mayinclude values of all of the plurality of attributes while in othercases the state may include values of only some of the plurality ofattributes. The vehicle 102 in that manner may have a unique state atany given instant of time. For example, if we assume a start of the tripat time (t)=0 min. At, t=20 min., the state S may be defined as equation(1).

S={l=(lat=40.76, long=−73.99), v=20 mph, d=23°N, ds=“Emprire StateBuilding”}  (1)

Here, “l” denotes location, “v” denotes speed, “d” denoted direction and“ds” denotes destination. Of course, for t=20 min, the values of theplurality of attributes that were there at t=10 min will denote aprevious state and the values that would be at t=30 min will denote thefuture state. In addition, the future state may not always bedefinitive, but at times may also be predictive or indicative. Forexample, a future direction of the vehicle 102 may be determined withgreater confidence from the destination. However, it may not always bepossible to definitively determine the future speed of the vehicle.However, future speed of the vehicle can be predicted, with good amountof confidence, from historical data such as previous driver behavior andpresent data such as current traffic condition. There may be severalother factors that may be incorporated for determining the previous, thepresent and the future state, without departing from the scope of thepresent invention.

In certain embodiments or scenarios, the data may correspond todeterminations performed in real-time. In other words, the dataacquisition interface 1042 is continuously receiving the data for theplurality of attributes. As a result, the control unit 1044 will be ableto make quick determinations of the previous, the current and the futurestate of the vehicle 102. However, it may not always be possible to havereal time determinations, such as in scenarios, where battery powerneeds to be conserved or if there is tracking loss because of loss ofconnections between the one or more sensing device 103, the GPS device106 and the data acquisition interface 1042. In such scenarios, the datamay correspond to determinations performed over a predetermined periodof time (such as after every 2 minutes, or for 2 minutes after every 10minutes, or data collected over past 1 year, 1 month or 1 week etc.).

Such data may already be stored with the control unit 1044 or may besampled intermittently in order to save power. It may also happen, forexample, that the location is being received from the GPS device 106 inreal time, while the speed and the direction are being received from theone or more sensing devices 103 intermittently (or may be not at all,due to loss of connection). Needless to say, the control unit 1044 insuch scenarios will be able to deploy interpolation algorithms andpredictive models in order to determine the previous, the current andthe future state of the vehicle 102. For example, the control unit 1044may determine speed by dividing distance between two locations with timemeasured using an internal oscillator. Once such determinations havebeen made, it is imperative that the other drivers be informed about oneor more of the previous, the current and the future state, that beingone of the purposes of the vehicle information device 104.

The projector unit 1046 is configured to display one or more of theprevious, the current and the future state of the vehicle, in form of ahologram 1050 projected through exterior of the vehicle 102. Thehologram 1050 depicts current speed of the vehicle 102. It is envisagedhere that the hologram 1050 be a computer generated hologram. Computergenerated holograms can be understood from following references, thatare included herein, in their entirety.

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It is further envisaged here that, the hologram 1050 is a 7-Dimensional(7D) hologram. A 7D hologram incorporates 3 dimensions of space, 2dimensional angles, light perception (depth and intensity) and time.FIG. 1B illustrates a rear view of the vehicle 102 of FIG. 1A, inaccordance with an embodiment 150 of the present invention. As can beseen from FIG. 1B, the hologram 1050 displays a current speed “52 mph”(current state) and future direction “TURNIN RIGHT IN 50 m” (futurestate), of the vehicle 102. Additionally, a custom message, such as“THANK YOU”, has also been displayed. This information will help theother drivers to slow down as the vehicle 102 slows down and avoidintercepting the vehicle 102, when the vehicle 102 turns right. Since,for ride safety, it is generally recommended to avoid texting or use amobile/cellular phone in any manner, the microphone 1048 is configuredto receive a voice input from the driver and transmit the voice input tothe control unit 1044. The voice input may include a message and a nameof an intended recipient. The control unit 1044 is in turn configured toconvert the voice input into a text output and deliver the text outputto a mobile handheld device 112 (such as the cell phone or mobile phone)through a communication network 110. The communication network 110 maybe implemented through Bluetooth, 802.x, ZigBee or Radio Frequency etc.The mobile handheld device 112 may then separate out the message fromthe name of the recipient in the text output and forward the message tothe recipient. The microphone 1048 may also be configured to receive thecustom message, such as “THANK YOU”, for inclusion in the hologram 1050by the projector unit 1046.

The hologram 1050 may serve a plurality of other commercial purposestoo. In one embodiment of the invention, the memory unit of the controlunit 1044 may be further configured to store a plurality ofadvertisements. The plurality of advertisements may be procured from abusiness entity desiring to promote its products and/or services. Theplurality of advertisements in that manner may be loaded into the memoryunit through a non-volatile media or may be downloaded from Internetwhile configuration of the vehicle information device 104. One or moreadvertisements from the plurality of advertisements may be transmittedfrom the control unit 1044 to the projector unit 1046 and the projectorunit 1046 may be further configured to include the one or moreadvertisement in the hologram 1050. In several scenarios, the driver oran owner of the vehicle 102 may be incentivized to include the one ormore advertisements in the hologram 1050.

The control unit 1044 (and more specifically the memory unit) may alsobe configured to store a plurality of ornamental patterns (such asartistic designs) to enhance an overall aesthetic appeal of the vehicle102. The plurality of ornamental patterns may be supplied to the ownerof the vehicle 102 on payment of a predefined fee. In severalembodiments, the memory unit may come preloaded with some basicornamental patterns for promotional purposes and the user (or the owner)may have to purchase more advanced ornamental patterns or payment of afee. Many such business models are possible without departing from thescope of the present invention. In that manner, one or more ornamentalpatterns, from the plurality of ornamental patterns may be transmittedto the projector unit 1046 and the projector unit 1046 may further beconfigured to include the one or more ornamental patterns in thehologram 1050. FIG. 1C illustrates a rear view of the vehicle of FIG.1A, in accordance with another embodiment 175 of the present invention.It can be seen in FIG. 1C that the hologram 1050 includes anadvertisement 114 and an ornamental design 116, along with a value ofthe speed (v=52 mph).

FIG. 2 illustrates a method 200 of providing information pertaining tothe vehicle 102, in accordance with an embodiment of the presentinvention. At step 210, the data acquisition interface 1042 receivesdata corresponding to the vehicle 102, the data being received for theplurality of attributes. Further, the data is transmitted to the controlunit 1044. At step 220, the control unit 1044 determines the one or moreof a previous, a current and a future state of the vehicle 102 from thedata. At step 230, the projector unit 1046 displays the one or more ofthe previous, the current and the future state of the vehicle 102, inform of a hologram 1050 projected through the exterior of the vehicle102. In several embodiments, the microphone 1048 receives the voiceinput, the control unit 1044 converts the voice input into the textoutput and delivers the text output to the mobile handheld device 112through the communication network 110. In several embodiments, themicrophone 1048 receives the custom message and the projector unit 1046includes the custom message in the hologram 1050. In one embodiment ofthe invention, the projector unit 1046 further includes the one or moreadvertisements in the hologram 1050. In one embodiment of the invention,the projector unit 1046 further includes the one or more ornamentalpatterns in the hologram 1050.

The present invention as describes above offers a number of advantages.It promotes safe driving, allows greater response time, aids in reducingtraffic congestions. Further, more information means greater speeds canbe maintained without compromising safety, thereby saving transit time.

The features can be implemented in a computer system that includes aback-end component, such as a data server or that includes a middlewarecomponent, such as an application server or an Internet server, or thatincludes a front-end component, such as a client computer having agraphical user interface or an Internet browser, or any combination ofthem. The components of the system can be connected by any form ormedium of digital data communication such as a communication network.Examples of communication networks include a LAN, a WAN and thecomputers and networks forming the Internet.

The computer system can include clients and servers. A client and serverare generally remote from each other and typically interact through anetwork. The relationship of client and server arises by virtue ofcomputer programs running on the respective computers and having aclient-server relationship to each other.

One or more features or steps of the disclosed embodiments can beimplemented using an Application Programming Interface (API). An API candefine on or more parameters that are passed between a callingapplication and other software code (e.g., an operating system, libraryroutine, function) that provides a service, that provides data, or thatperforms an operation or a computation.

The API can be implemented as one or more calls in program code thatsend or receive one or more parameters through a parameter list or otherstructure based on a call convention defined in an API specificationdocument. A parameter can be a constant, a key, a data structure, anobject, an object class, a variable, a data type, a pointer, an array, alist, or another call. API calls and parameters can be implemented inany programming language. The programming language can define thevocabulary and calling convention that a programmer will employ toaccess functions supporting the API.

In some embodiments, an API call can report to an application thecapabilities of a device running the application, such as inputcapability, output capability, processing capability, power capability,communications capability, etc.

It should be understood that the techniques of the present disclosuremight be implemented using a variety of technologies. For example, themethods described herein may be implemented by a series of computerexecutable instructions residing on a suitable computer readable medium.Suitable computer readable media may include volatile (e.g. RAM) and/ornon-volatile (e.g. ROM, disk) memory, carrier waves and transmissionmedia. Exemplary carrier waves may take the form of electrical,electromagnetic or optical signals conveying digital data steams along alocal network or a publicly accessible network such as the Internet.

It should also be understood that, unless specifically stated otherwiseas apparent from the following discussion, it is appreciated thatthroughout the description, discussions utilizing terms such as“controlling” or “obtaining” or “computing” or “storing” or “receiving”or “determining” or the like, refer to the action and processes of acomputer system, or similar electronic computing device, that processesand transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantitieswithin the computer system's registers and memories into other datasimilarly represented as physical quantities within the computer—systemmemories or registers or other such information storage, transmission ordisplay devices.

It should be noted that where the terms “server”, “secure server” orsimilar terms are used herein, a communication device is described thatmay be used in a communication system, unless the context otherwiserequires, and should not be construed to limit the present invention toany particular communication device type. Thus, a communication devicemay include, without limitation, a bridge, router, bridge-router(router), switch, node, or other communication device, which may or maynot be secure.

It should also be noted that where a flowchart is used herein todemonstrate various aspects of the invention, it should not be construedto limit the present invention to any particular logic flow or logicimplementation. The described logic may be partitioned into differentlogic blocks (e.g., programs, modules, functions, or subroutines)without changing the overall results or otherwise departing from thetrue scope of the invention. Often, logic elements may be added,modified, omitted, performed in a different order, or implemented usingdifferent logic constructs (e.g., logic gates, looping primitives,conditional logic, and other logic constructs) without changing theoverall results or otherwise departing from the true scope of theinvention.

A number of embodiments have been described. Nevertheless, it will beunderstood that various modifications may be made. Elements of one ormore embodiments may be combined, deleted, modified, or supplemented toform further embodiments. As yet another example, the logic flowsdepicted in the figures do not require the particular order shown, orsequential order, to achieve desirable results. In addition, other stepsmay be provided, or steps may be eliminated, from the described flows,and other components may be added to, or removed from, the describedsystems. Accordingly, other embodiments are within the scope of thefollowing claims.

1. A vehicle information device to be installed into a vehicle, thevehicle information device comprising: a data acquisition interface,configured to receive data corresponding to the vehicle, the data beingreceived for a plurality of attributes; a control unit configured toreceive the data from the data acquisition interface and determine oneor more of a previous, a current and a future state of the vehicle fromthe data; and a projector unit configured to display one or more of theprevious, the current and the future state of the vehicle, in form of ahologram projected through exterior of the vehicle.
 2. The vehicleinformation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality ofattributes includes a location, a speed, a direction and a destinationof the vehicle.
 3. The vehicle information device as claimed in claim 2,wherein the data acquisition interface is configured to receive thelocation and the destination of the vehicle from a GPS device installedwith the vehicle.
 4. The vehicle information device as claimed in claim1, wherein the data acquisition interface is configured to receive thedata from one or more sensing devices installed with the vehicle.
 5. Thevehicle information device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the datacorresponds to determinations performed over a predetermined period oftime.
 6. The vehicle information device as claimed in claim 1, whereinthe data corresponds to determinations performed in real-time.
 7. Thevehicle information device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hologramis a 7-Dimensional hologram.
 8. The vehicle information device asclaimed in claim 1, further comprising a microphone configured toreceive a voice input, the control unit being configured to convert thevoice input into a text output and deliver the text output to a mobilehandheld device through a communication network.
 9. The vehicleinformation device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising amicrophone configured to receive a custom message, the projector unitbeing configured to include the custom message in the hologram.
 10. Thevehicle information device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the projectorunit is further configured to include one or more advertisements and/orone or more ornamental patterns, in the hologram.
 11. A method ofproviding information pertaining to a vehicle, the method comprisingsteps of: receiving data corresponding to the vehicle, the data beingreceived for a plurality of attributes; determining one or more of aprevious, a current and a future state of the vehicle from the data; anddisplaying one or more of the previous, the current and the future stateof the vehicle, in form of a hologram projected through exterior of thevehicle.
 12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the plurality ofattributes includes a location, a speed, a direction and a destinationof the vehicle.
 13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein thelocation and the destination of the vehicle is received from a GPSdevice installed with the vehicle.
 14. The method as claimed in claim11, wherein the data is received from one or more sensing devicesinstalled with the vehicle.
 15. The method as claimed in claim 11,wherein the data corresponds to determinations performed over apredetermined period of time.
 16. The method as claimed in claim 11,wherein the data corresponds to determinations performed in real-time.17. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the hologram is a7-Dimensional hologram.
 18. The method as claimed in claim 11, furthersteps of receiving a voice input, converting the voice input into a textoutput and delivering the text output to a mobile handheld devicethrough a communication network.
 19. The method as claimed in claim 11,further comprising steps of receiving a custom message and including thecustom message in the hologram.
 20. The method as claimed in claim 11,further comprising a step of including one or more advertisements and/orone or more ornamental patterns, in the hologram.